Websites for Classroom and Library Use - links to everything you ever wanted to know, but didn't know where to look:

Selected Web Sites useful to Teachers AND students for research and information gathering in a broad variety of subjects:Almanacs, Handbooks, and YearbooksOld Farmer’s Almanac http://www.almanac.com/
fact monster for kids http://www.factmonster.com/
Information Please. Considered one of the best almanacs http://www.infoplease.com/ / .
Internet Public Library Find web sites on all topics.http://www.ipl.org
Find amazing facts. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
Many baseball records http://baseball-almanac.com/
Birthdays, holidays, and world events for each day http://www.scopesys.com/anyday/
Are they dead? http://www.deadoraliveinfo.com
How stuff works. http://www.howstuffworks.com/http://web1.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/mod02/master02.html
Movie and television info http://www.imdb.com/
Kelly Blue Book http://www.kbb.com
Disasters http://www.disasterium.org/
Urban Legends http://www.snopes.com/
This Day in History http://www.history.com/tdih.do
Alive or Dead - sounds morbid, but this site really can tell you - http://www.whosaliveandwhosdead.com/

Periodicals, Newspapers, and News
Search citations and table of contents from many journals and magazines. http://www.publist.com/

Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times etc:
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/

Journals with full-text articles. May not be able to search for specific article topics.
http://www.doaj.org/
http://findarticles.com/
http://scholar.google.com/
besides an index to articles in their publications, you can find other information about the world
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/.
http://www.cnn.com/
http://www.highbeam.com/

Book Reviews and Readers Advisory
Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, http://www.bookspot.com/
Find book lists, award winning books, and book review web sites.

http://www.bibookreview.com/
Black Issue Book Review

http://www.webrary.org/rs/rsmenu.html
Get updates of new books and books like your favorites from The Morton Grove Public Library.

http://acqweb.org/bookrev.html
Directory of Book Reviews

http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/
Find sequels

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias
http://www.acronymfinder.com/ Type in an acronym and find out what the letters stand for.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/ American Hertitage Dictionary Also find quotations and a thesaurus here and much more.
http://www.m-w.com/ Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary. Also thesaurus, medical, and Spanish-English.
http://www.onelook.com/index.html
Searches multiple dictionary entries at the same time.

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ Another choice of many.
http://www.questia.com/library/encyclopedia/
From the Columbia Encyclopedia. Need to enter e-mail and pay to access magazine/journal articles. Also found here. http://www.highbeam.com/ Select encyclopedia only to avoid having to register.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/ Slang dictionary.
http://www.idiomsite.com/ idioms
http://www.rapdict.org/
Rap dictionary

http://www.foreignword.com/ One of many online translation dictionaries.
http://www.itools.com/lang/ Search several dictionaries at once.
http://www.britannica.com/ Pretty good short encyclopedia articles
http://www.wordreference.com/ Various languages
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/index.html
Catholic Encyclopedia. Includes list of Popes.

Biography
http://www.biography.com/
Old and new. One page bios.

http://www.americanpresidents.org/ Presidents
http://bioguide.congress.gov/ Congress
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/index.html
First ladies

http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/

http://www.time.com/time/time100/

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/ Historical people in American History.

http://www.achievement.org/galleryachieve.html
Biographies of achievers of all fields from around the world.

http://www.island-of-freedom.com/

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/people.html
Very short biographies of people in world history.

http://us.history.wisc.edu/hist102/bios/bios.html

http://www.hwwilson.com/currentbio/cbonline.html

http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/athletes.html

http://www.mtv.com
Includes bios of bands and singers.

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/index.htm
http://www.hollywood.com Biographies of celebrities in movies and TV are included.

Geography
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/
Info about countries

http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
More country info

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
More and better country info

http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html
Zoom in map.

http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/ Government Maps . Includes mapmaker.
http://www.timeanddate.com/ Time zones, area codes, distances etc. Another option is
http://www.mapcrow.info/

http://www.frommers.com/ Besides travel information under sestinations you can search informationm about cities and countries.
http://factfinder.census.gov/ Statistics on cities etc. Go to US census bureau site for more.
http://www.50states.com/ States
http://www.xist.org/default1.aspx
basic country data

http://www.flags.net/ Flags of countries
http://www.atlapedia.com/ maps and facts
http://www.peakware.com/ Mountain encyclopedia. Maps.
http://www.mapsonus.com/ Quick maps
http://www.embassyworld.com/maps/ map directory

Government, Law and Politics
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ Kids’ info
http://catalog.gpo.gov/F
Government Publications

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
CFR online for rules and regulations of gvernment agencies

http://fisher.lib.virginia.edu/collections/stats/ccdb/ County and city data.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm
Crime statistics

http://www.fedstats.gov/ Federal agency statistics
http://www.usa.gov/ General government info
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html
Government publications

http://www.govengine.com/ Federal and state government information
http://nces.ed.gov/help/sitemap.asp
Education statistics

http://www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm
Occupational Outlook Handbook

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ Statistical Abstracts of the United States
http://thomas.loc.gov/ Track a bill
http://www.findlaw.com/ Solve your legal problems
http://www.searchmil.com/ Military directory
http://www.politicalinformation.com/
http://www.hillnews.com/ Congressional Activity
http://www.rollcall.com/ More Congressional activity
http://www.opensecrets.org/ Money in politics

Literature
http://www.doollee.com
Basic info on plays and playwrights.

http://www.poets.org/ Search for poems and poets
http://www.bibliomania.com/ Full-text books and poems
http://www.sonnets.org/ Sonnets by well-known poets
http://www.emule.com/poetry/ Poems by classic poets
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/amverse/ More poems
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/ Info on some poets
http://www.theotherpages.org/ Even more poems
http://www.cprw.com/ Contemporary poetry reviews

Medical/ Science/Science
http://www.mayoclinic.com/

http://medlineplus.gov/

http://www.merck.com/mmhe/index.html

http://www.rxlist.com

http://www.webmd.com/

http://www.chemicalelements.com/

http://www.embarrassingproblems.co.uk/

http://www.scirus.com/ general science info directory

Directories
http://www.lii.org/
Recommended web sites. Librarian’s Internet Index

http://www.ipl.org/ Recommended web sites
http://www.refdesk.com/
http://www.askanexpert.com/ Ask a real person a real question
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/bestofweb/genealogy.asp Genealogy sites
http://www.loc.gov

Business
http://www.hoovers.com/free/ Information on businesses
http://www.thomasnet.com/ more business info

Colleges and careers
http://www.petersons.com/ basic college info
http://www.collegeboard.com/ Criteria to help select a college.

Museums
http://www.museumspot.com/

http://www.si.edu/

Especially for Kids
http://kids.yahoo.com/ or
http://www.yahooligans.com
Search engine version for kids

http://www.kidsclick.org/

http://www.askforkids.com

http://www.factmonster.com/

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

http://kids.aclin.org/ Directory with pictures
http://www.kids.gov/

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
part of the Library of Congress

Images
http://www.ditto.com/ Screened images
http://www.pics4learning.com/

http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/catalog.html
From the Library of Congress

Sound, Animation, and Graphics
http://www.findsounds.com/ Sounds
http://www.gifanimations.com/

http://www.bestanimations.com/

http://www.bellsnwhistles.com/privacy.html

http://www.animationfactory.com/en/

http://www.animfactory.com/

http://www.fg-a.com/gifs.html
http://www.soundamerica.com/

http://www.webdeveloper.com/animations/
http://www.animationfactory.com/

http://www.flamingtext.com/

http://www.awesomeclipartforkids.com/

http://www.oup.co.uk/oxed/children/yoes/pictures/

http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/

http://wavcentral.com/effects.htm
http://www.webplaces.com/html/sounds.htm
http://www.findsounds.com/

Quotations
http://www.annabelle.net/
http://www.annabelle.net/

http://www.quotationspage.com/

http://www.askoxford.com/

http://www.bibliomania.com/
Quotes form fiction, drama, poetry,& short stories.
http://www.classicreader.com/
The books and short stories form over 200 authors

http://www.bartleby.com/100/s0.html

This is one of the best resources as it includes quotes form Bartlett's Quotations, Columbia Quotations, Simpson's Quotations, Oxford Shakespeare, and the King James Bible
http://creativequotations.com/
http://www.famous-quotations.com/
More quotes form famous people.

http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/
American Poetry before 1920.

http://www.emule.com/poetry/
Includes thousands of classical poems. .

http://www.quoteworld.org/

http://www.quoteland.com/

http://www.poets.org

http://us.imdb.com/Sections/Quotes/
Search for quotes form movies.

http://www.quotationspage.com/

Phone/Address/Zip Code
AnyWho Directories.
http://www.anywho.com

InfoUSA at
www.infoUSA.com

National Five-Digit Zip Code and Post Office Directory. 2 vols. Memphis, TN US Postal Service, 2004.
http://www.usps.com/ncsc
(link to find a ZIP code
http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
)

Numberway at
www.numberway.com

Reference USA.
http://www.library.uiuc.edu/rex/erefs/addresses.htm

Switchboard.
http://switchboard.com

Telephone Directories on the Web.
http://www.infobel.com/teldir/default.asp

Yellow Book. Complete local yellow pages online.
http://www.yellowbook.com/

http://www.seeing-stars.com
Stalk your favorite celebrity.

http://www.fanmail.biz/

http://www.star-collector.net/

Meta Search Engines
http://www.dogpile.com
http://www.mama.com
http://www.metacrawler.com/
http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/multi/